While this dries is an excellent time to make a plate before special holding the base in the turn. The tail stock holds the end of the stick. My plate before made on order started by an aluminium 3" dish ( six ). To drill one three / 16" hole in the middle while the front plate is still assembled on the headstock. To chop a bit of three / 16" - the steel stem of diameter roughly to one ". Chuck in the pressure and the file of drill or to correct the end at an especially pointed point while the stem turns.